MindShift » Ananth Pai http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift How we will learn Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 The Power of One Teacher’s Vision http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/the-power-of-one-teachers-vision/ http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/the-power-of-one-teachers-vision/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:00:24 +0000 Tina Barseghian http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=24667 Ananth Pai is a masterful educator, who runs a dynamic, student-centered classroom humming with activity — what we imagine as the best-case scenario for blended learning. Pai has created individual learning plans for each of his students, which includes time with him, with other kids, and with online games. And though his students have shown … Continue reading →]]> Ananth Pai is a masterful educator, who runs a dynamic, student-centered classroom humming with activity — what we imagine as the best-case scenario for blended learning. Pai has created individual learning plans for each of his students, which includes time with him, with other kids, and with online games. And though his students have shown exponential growth in achievement, Pai is frustrated that his successful tactics haven’t been acknowledged or applied outside his class.

“I couldn’t be more stunned by the apathy,” he says in this video, which also documents other schools and educators’ attempts to change the traditional school paradigm.

Watch this short, but important film, created by Education Evolving.

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